The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c12.10

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We may take it, however, that the native rulers of the South, some years later, defeated the Muslim usurpers⁶. For Ferishta informs us that in the year A. H. 727, corresponding to our 1327, the Sultan of Delhi, Muhammad Tughlak, "subdued the whole of the Karnatik both in length and breadth, even to the shore of the sea of Oman", that is the Indian Ocean⁷. But it seems that the Muhammadan general who led this expedition into the south, knowing the difficulties of the Sultan in the North, broke allegiance with the Sovereign and declared himself independent Sultan of Ma'bar. Ibn Batuta only says that "those parts (Ma'bar) were seized by the Sherif, Jalal-ud-din Hasan Shah" ¹. We are told that this happened when he killed the lieutenants and agents of his sovereign, and struck gold and silver coins bearing his own name ². Now the earliest date of the coins of Jalal-ud-din is 1335, while coins of Muhammad Tughlak have been found in Madura bearing the dates of 1330, 1333 and 1334. We may conclude from these dates that the rebellion of the Sherif of Madura took place at the end of 1334 or in 1335. Ibn Batuta, who was the brother-in-law of the first Madura Sultan, states that Jalal-ud-din Hasan Shah reigned for five years. Before his death he appointed one of his Amirs, Alai-ud-din, as his successor, who was, however, soon after accidently killed by an arrow during a sally. He was succeeded by Qutb-ud-din, his brother's son; but he too was killed, in consequence of his bad conduct. Then another Amir of Jalal-ud-din was elected named Ghiath-ud-din, who married a daughter of the same Jalal-ud-din ³.